Race Class and Power in School Restructuring

<p><b>Explores the intersection of two central issues in American education today: school reform through restructuring and alienation from school of many children of color. A tough look at the impact of teachers' and administrators' beliefs and practices.</b></p><p><b>Winner of the 1998 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Titles </b></p><p>This book challenges common assumptions about the efficacy of teacher collaboration empowerment and professional development to improve the educational experiences of low-achieving African American students without engaging the political and ideological contexts in which reforms take place. Written in a clear engaging style the book tells the story of two restructuring junior high schools in a single district and how teachers' ideologies and race class and power contradictions in the schools school district and city shaped outcomes. Although the book is a critique of restructuring powerful portraits of teachers who create culturally responsive and empowering educational experiences demonstrate the potential to reform educational practices and policies for African American students and suggest a direction for transforming schools.</p>